The spatial economy : cities, regions and international trade / / M. Fujita, P. Krugman, A.J. Venables

• Autore: Fujita Masahisa
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 1999
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (382 p.)
• Disciplina: 330.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic geography; International trade; Regional economics; Space in economics; Urban economics
• Altri autori: KrugmanPaul R VenablesAnthony
• Note generali: Originally published: 1999.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 - Introduction -- I - Some Intellectual Background -- 2 - Antecedents I: Urban Economics -- 3 - Antecedents II: Regional Science -- II - Labor Mobility and Regional Development -- 4 - The Dixit-Stiglitz Model of Monopolistic Competition and Its Spatial Implications -- 5 - Core and Periphery -- 6 - Many Regions and Continuous Space -- 7 - Agricultural Transport Costs -- III - The Urban System -- 8 - Spatial Models of Urban Systems: A Heuristic Introduction -- 9 - The Monocentric Economy -- 10 - The Emergence of New Cities -- 11 - Evolution of a Hierarchical Urban System -- 12 - An Empirical Digression: The Sizes of Cities -- 13 - Ports, Transportation Hubs, and City Location -- IV - International Trade -- 14 - International Specialization -- 15 - Economic Development and the Spread of Industry -- 16 - Industrial Clustering -- 17 - A Seamless World -- 18 - External Trade and Internal Geography -- 19 - The Way Forward -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics.Since 1990 there has been a renaissance of theoretical and empirical work on the spatial aspects of the economy--that is, where economic activity occurs and why. Using new tools--in particular, modeling techniques developed to analyze industrial organization, international trade, and economic growth--this "new economic geography" has emerged as one of the most exciting areas of contemporary economics.The authors show how seemingly disparate models reflect a few basic themes, and in so doing they develop a common "grammar" for discussing a variety of issues. They show how a common approach that emphasizes the three-way interaction among increasing returns, transportation costs, and the movement of productive factors can be applied to a wide range of issues in urban, regional, and international economics. This book is the first to provide a sound and unified explanation of the existence of large economic agglomerations at various spatial scales.
• Titolo autorizzato: The spatial economy
• ISBN: 9786612099991; 0-262-56147-6; 1-282-09999-X; 0-262-27332-2; 0-585-07017-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910812251303321
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